'We can't afford it': Market traders' fury as council demands full lockdown rent and service charges

Many market traders are missing out on the coronavirus business rates relief scheme which they say is costing them around 50% extra in rent.The government’s Covid-19 business rates relief has benefited some traders in Bury Market – but only indoor market traders are eligible for the scheme.This is because under the rules, local authorities are not entitled to rates relief so the council, which owns the market, is still paying rates for some stalls.While indoor stalls are treated as separate

Kaley Cuoco had a one-word response to rumors that she’s in a feud with Margot Robbie.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentWith theatrical admissions free-falling due to the lack of U.S.

Also Read: Haruma Miura, Japanese Actor and Star of 'Attack on Titan,' Dies of Apparent Suicide at 30Lee was also one of South Africa’s best-known agents through her company Moonyeenn Lee & Associates (MLA). In 2003, Lee was nominated to the National Executive Committee of the Independent Producer’s Organization and to the film board of Create South Africa.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorVeteran South African casting director and agent Moonyeenn Lee has died aged 76 in Johannesburg, following complications from the coronavirus.Lee worked for almost five decades in the industry, building a formidable and illustrious career working on movies including The Bang Bang Club, Disgrace, Oscar-winner Tsotsi, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, Machine Gun Preacher, Hotel Rwanda, Blood Diamond, Eye In The Sky, Mandela And De Klerk, Life, Above All and Black

Also Read: Comedian Sarah Cooper Aces Trump's Cognitive Test in Latest Video“They used to bring them out and they wouldn’t even let the airplanes land if they brought them back by airplanes. They wouldn’t let the buses into their country.

Nick Cannon took to Facebook early Wednesday morning to defend himself after he was fired by ViacomCBS for a podcast episode that the company says, "promoted hateful speech and spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories."

Nick Cannon is paying the price for his anti-Semitic tirade that went viral this week.

“promoted hateful speech and spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories,” pushed back in a lengthy Facebook post on Wednesday.Cannon said he reached out to Shari Redstone, who controls ViacomCBS through her National Amusements, Inc. company, “to have a conversation of reconciliation and actually apologize if I said anything that pained or hurt her or her community.”Also Read: ViacomCBS Fires Nick Cannon After Podcast 'Perpetuating Anti-Semitism'He said he received “dead silence” in return.

Naman Ramachandran Actor and TV host Nick Cannon has hit out at ViacomCBS, hours after he was dropped by the media giant for making anti-Semitic comments on his podcast.Cannon has asked for ownership of his MTV and VH1 series “Wild ‘N Out,” as well as an apology from the company.In a lengthy statement posted to his Facebook page early Wednesday, Cannon wrote, “If I have furthered the hate speech, I wholeheartedly apologize. But now I am the one making demands.

Bury Council has revealed the huge amount of money its lost through suspended parking charges as a result of lockdown.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWalter Mercado knew how to make an entrance.Just ask the filmmakers behind the new Netflix documentary “Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado” about meeting the iconic television astrologer for the first time at his home just outside of San Juan, Puerto Rico.“We go into his office and meet his secretary and his nieces and they take us upstairs to one of his sitting rooms,” co-director Kareem Tabsch tells Variety.

iconic television astrologer Walter Mercado are hoping to adapt the film into a scripted biopic.Cristina Costantini, who directed “Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado” with Kareem Tabsch, tells Variety that they asked Mercado who he wanted to play him. “I suggested Gael García Bernal and he said, ‘Too old,’” Costantini said.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThe co-directors and producer of a new Netflix documentary about the life of iconic television astrologer Walter Mercado are hoping to adapt the film into a scripted biopic.Cristina Costantini, who directed “Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado” with Kareem Tabsch, tells Variety that they asked Mercado who he wanted to play him. “I suggested Gael García Bernal and he said, ‘Too old,’” Costantini said.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDocumentary “Mucho Mucho Amor,” from Latinx filmmakers Cristina Costantini (“Science Fair”) and Kareem Tabsch (“The Last Resort”), focuses on the legacy of Walter Mercado, the iconic gender-nonconforming Hispanic astrologer who disappeared from the public eye, choosing to live off the grid in Puerto Rico, before resurfacing to prepare for the opening of a late-in-life exhibition at the HistoryMiami Museum. Cinematographer Peter Alton had worked with Costantini on